Dorothy Parker, Resumé

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Dorothy Parker, Resumé
on: 06 Aug, 2010, 23:55:18
Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles.

From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed as her involvement in left-wing politics led to a place on the infamous Hollywood blacklist.

Parker went through three marriages (two to the same man) and survived several suicide attempts, but grew increasingly dependent on alcohol. Dismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a "wisecracker". Nevertheless, her literary output and reputation for her sharp wit have endured.


Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker, Resumé

Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.


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Re: Dorothy Parker, Resumé
Reply #1 on: 07 Aug, 2010, 02:21:12
Ο λόγος είναι μεγάλη ανάγκη της ψυχής. (Γιώργος Ιωάννου)

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Reply #2 on: 07 Aug, 2010, 02:22:19
Ο λόγος είναι μεγάλη ανάγκη της ψυχής. (Γιώργος Ιωάννου)

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Reply #3 on: 07 Aug, 2010, 08:08:53
So happy you posted that! I thought that film was excellent. And Jennifer Jason Leigh magnificent in the part.
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Reply #4 on: 07 Aug, 2010, 08:29:28
Thank you Melenia!
Have a lovely day :-)
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Dorothy Parker, Resumé
Reply #5 on: 25 May, 2011, 17:01:49
Dorothy Parker, August

When my eyes are weeds,
And my lips are petals, spinning
Down the wind that has beginning
Where the crumpled beeches start
In a fringe of salty reeds;
When my arms are elder-bushes,
And the rangy lilac pushes
Upward, upward through my heart;

Summer, do your worst!
Light your tinsel moon, and call on
Your performing stars to fall on
Headlong through your paper sky;
Nevermore shall I be cursed
By a flushed and amorous slattern,
With her dusty laces' pattern
Trailing, as she straggles by.


Source: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/august-2/

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